... the hills near Los Angeles. It was a lovely drive. I did a wine tasting in their small downtown, followed by lunch and a little bit of shopping. On the way back to Ventura, I stopped for a small hike and drive around Lake Casitas. ...

Élément analyse: History of the city of Ventura, the foundation of the Spanish Mission. Description: Father Junipero Serra has founded many Spanish communities in California. The one in Ventura was the last of the six missions he founded. This ...

... need to be there till 8:45. So we picked up our lunch turkey sub from the grocery store, and sat around waiting at the Ventura harbor in front of Channel Island Kayaks for our Ferry ride. We didn't see any whales or anything but lots of huge Pelicans ...

... some old friends like Marissa (whom I love and adore to pieces) and Ally (whose bubbly-ness way surpasses me).
The next stop was Ventura where I set out with this great big plan to sit on the beach, lay out in the bright sun and maybe read a book just ...

... rode all the way to the Channel Islands Visitor Info Center (didn't have to miss it afterall). You can see the Channel Islands from Ventura but they are a long way offshore. It would make an interesting trip to take a charter out to see them but none were ...

... up a nice red Dodge Charger. After a quick minute to set up the GPS, we hit the road for our 1 ˝ hour trip to Ventura. We checked into a nice little Comfort Inn before walking next door to a very highly recommended restaurant called "In & Out" ...

... in the Ventura County Museum. This year, the museum celebrates their 100 years so there was an exhibit of cake from the Ventura’s artiste. Also there was an exhibit of little sculpture of important person in the world made in wax. The exhibition of ...

I remember during the 2008 election the word "gravitas" being thrown around... a lot. I can't say I'd really heard that word before then, that I remember. Google tells me that it means: Dignity, seriousness, or solemnity of manner, and ...

Now 8 days away from leaving for our trip! Neither of us has been abroad in at least 10 years and it's about time to get some stamps in our passports. Although I am a bit nervous about the flight(s) I just have to tell myself it's safer than ...

... Santa Monica pier and beach watched the surfers taking the last few waves while the sun sets. Our final drive of the day was a picturesque drive through Malibu up along the Pacific coast to Ventura. All in all the day was filled with awesome ...

... any cowardly city folk would do and walked quickly away in the opposite direction, vaguely horrified by killing anything bigger than a mosquito.
Ventura seemed to be all about the animals. There was a lot of dogs here and we were so lucky to see ...

... aiding the injured soldiers could be wounded themselves. The ladies group rode between Charlie and Delta companies from Santa Barbara to Ventura. I chose to ride with the Charlie group on the flat coastal road into Ventura. We saw pods of ...

Next stop Ventura.....by way of a detour, we decided to drive the bus through Rodeo Drive, Sunset Boulevard and Mullholland Drive to show the kids what 'high society' really looks like! Beverly Hills property is completely off the scale and the Playboy ...

... accent in their English. It is only after a few weeks that I noticed that even the people who seemed to be born in the UnitedStates can have a different vocabulary and accent. In fact, this morning, when a guy came to put new horse shoes on the horses ...

Arrived in Ventura, so dropped campy off and went for an explore along the old pier and beachfront before returning to Ventura campground and testing out their hot tub for the evening, liking this camping with hot tubs I must say ...

Well I have come full circle and am back at sam's place in Ventura, California. I will be hanging out here for a week before heading back to Australia next Tuesday night. In my last week in the US I intend to go lake fishing again and catch me a big bass, ...

John and I are on Ventura Beach enjoying a picnic breakfast on the beach. This is a lifestyle I could get accustomed to!John and I are on Ventura Beach enjoying a picnic breakfast on the beach. This is a lifestyle I could get accustomed ...

... how to cut the sweet peas, to wash the tubers, to sell the bouquets etc. Kelani is fine. We went in Ojai (a little town from Ventura) to buy some things in an organic grocery store. I found gummy bear made with real juice and it’s so good. I have ...

... a little better but still cold, high 60's? We took Opie and went for a bike ride to the pier and back trough the downtown Ventura. It has some nice architecture, huge beach not so clean - looks like people here don't clean up after their dogs. There were ...

I woke up early on Saturday and called Island Packers to check the status of their trips to Channel Islands National Park. They were all cancelled due to high winds and rough seas. My reservation for Sunday was for a trip to the Scorpion ...

... to bring my Kodak, because we went in town. We went on the top of a mountain and on the top we were able to see all Ventura and a little bite of Oxnard. It was fabulous! Today I realize that it’s almost the end. I reserved my youth hostel in L.A. ...